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FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PAGO PAGO AS


530 PM SST SUN JAN 02 2005





A FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST AND CENTRAL VILLAGES OF


TUTUILA FOR TONIGHT.  





AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS ALOFT OVER NIUAFOO ISLAND IS MOVING EAST TO


SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  HEAVY SHOWERS FROM THIS ACTIVITY ARE


SPREADING ACROSS TUTUILA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 


RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS ACTIVITY.





WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...THIS ADDITIONAL


RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOOD PROBLEMS.





PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD CERTAINLY KEEP A CLOSE CHECK ON


HOW WEATHER CONDITIONS AFFECT STREAMS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.  





WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF FLOODING BECOMES FAIRLY CERTAIN.


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